
Morgan anticipates Rashid firepower
Head coach Grant Morgan is hopeful the arrival of Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan will spark the Durban Heat’s turnaround for the remainder of the Mzansi Super League.
Head coach Grant Morgan is hopeful the arrival of Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan will spark the Durban Heat’s turnaround for the remainder of the Mzansi Super League.
University of Pretoria (Assupol Tuks) and the University of Fort Hare were two of the biggest winners on a rain-affected opening day of the University Sport South Africa (USSA) A Week in Stellenbosch on Monday.
The log-leading Blitz remain in the hunt for a home final, while the Stars are encroaching on the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants’ second position in the six-team standings as the Mzansi Super League heads back to Newlands.
Australian batsman Usman Khawaja’s brother, Arsalan, has been charged by police and refused bail over a fake terror plot.
Head coach Adrian Birrell is eager to slot batsman Cameron Delport and West Indian Dwayne Bravo straight back into the Paarl Rocks’ playing XI, ahead of Wednesday’s Mzansi Super League clash against the Tshwane Spartans.
West Indian batsman Chris Gayle will be happy to play second fiddle to fellow opener Reeza Hendricks, come the Jozi Stars’ Mzansi Super League fixture against the Cape Town Blitz at Newlands on Tuesday.
With the series tied 1-1 going into the final match of the Test series, New Zealand made a slow and unsteady start against an upbeat Pakistan side at Abu Dhabi.
Former Proteas batsman Richard Levi will play for the Pokhara Rhinos in the Everest Premier League – Nepal’s premier Twenty20 tournament.
West Indian batsman Chris Gayle has been awarded approximately R3-million (AUD 300,000) in damages after winning a defamation case against Fairfax Media.
Former Titans and Dolphins spinner Pierre de Bruyn has been named head coach of Namibia.
Batsman Reeza Hendricks will likely open the batting alongside the West Indian big-hitter for the remainder of the Jozi Stars’ Mzansi Super League campaign.
Centurion Quinton de Kock was at the fore of AB de Villiers’ praise, as the Tshwane Spartans slipped to defeat against the Cape Town Blitz at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Saturday.
Batsman Henry Davids’ participation in the Paarl Rocks’ Mzansi Super League fixture against the Tshwane Spartans at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday is in doubt.
Reeza Hendricks struck a second consecutive century in the Mzansi Super League, as the Jozi Stars beat the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants by 81 runs at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth.
Paarl Rocks skipper Faf du Plessis believes that strike rotation was one of the keys to his side’s success in the Mzansi Super League clash against the Durban Heat on Sunday.